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The Cherokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County VOLUME 69 ? NUMBER 28 MURPHY, NORTH, CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960 8 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY SCENE CHANGES OVERNIGHT IN MURPHY Folks in Murphy woke up Saturday morning to find a blanket of snow covering everything. The snow surprised no one. But the quantity surprised al most everyone. One oldtimer commented to the Scout that the snow was the big gest he had seen in Murphy since 1917. The top photo shows Dr. William R. fisssett, of Valley River Ave., shoveling snow from his front steps. Heavy snows .Over a long line of freight cars at the Murphy Railway Station, in the center 1\photo. The bottom photo show Mr. and Mrs. Snowman with their baby. Snow flake. The unusual family visited in Murphy for several days. Retail Merchants Association Recently Organized For Murphy Hie Murphy Retail Merchants' Association, recently organized, will put oo tbelr first promotion eOort a I the year Monday. George Washington'* birthday Will be. the theme of the sale. This sate Id Murphy Is a first. It is also the first sale of its i kind in this area. | The Merchants Association was formed about two months ago. The Association is a group of 36 local business men representing la variety of firms in Murphy. In (crested merchants are urged to join the group. The next regular meeting is scbedifed for March 21 at 7:30 at the Murphy Power Board Build tag Wally Williams is president of the group. Wagon Train Group Elects Loren Davis The Wagon Traill Executive Committee held at meeting at the Power Board building on Thurs day, Feb. 11 at 8 P. M. to elect new officers (or the year. Church Rally Attracts 36 At Andrews Andrews ? Thrity Six mem bers of the Junior Department of the Training Union attended the initial Sweet Heart banquet for that age group on Friday evening in the parlors of the First Baptist Church. Larry Mclnturff served as mast er of ceremonies. James Harris brought the devotions. The Rev. T. C. Christmas gave a talk "Being Faithful." Imitating Western TV artists with skits and group singing, in which all members participat ed were highlights on the pro gram. Other attractions included a playlet directed by Miss Gladys Pullium assisted by Jackie Her bert. Ronnie Mclnturff, and David Pullium. Table decoration featured the Western theme with pots of cactus as center pieces interspersed with red candles in Sheriff's bad ges. Pictures were made of the en tire group. This marks the first time the Juniors have had a banquet. Assisting with arrangements were: Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, Mrs. Floyd Gibson, Mrs. June Brooks and Mrs. Josephine Long. Songs were directed by Miss Doris Raxter, with Mrs. Dorcas Brooks at the piano. Dr. Killian Guest Speaker ANDREWS-Dr. Carl D. Killian head of the Department of Educa tion of Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Parent Teacher-Student Association Tues day evening held in the high school auditorium. Introduced by Miss Jean Christy Dr. Killian, chairman of the board of the commission for making a study of the Gifted Child, called attention to a recent article, "Don't Hamstring the Gifted Child" carried in the Saturday Evening Post, and related find ings of the commission is unique, the only one of its kind, is made up of lay men and professional men. Mrs. Gerald Almond president presided and appointed the fol lowing nominating committee to present a slate of officers at the nest meeting: Miss Meredith Whi taker. Miss Jean Christy and Superintendent Charles 0. Frazier. In the room count three grades tied for honors. They were: Mrs. H. A. VanGorder, Mrs. James Ferebee and Miss Jean Christy. Mrs. VanGorder brought the devotions. Thad Bryson Considering Congress Thad B. Bryson, Jr. of Bryson City was in Murphy Friday con tacting friends on the possibility of running for Congress on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Bryson has considered run ning for Congress since the re cent death of the Hon. David Hall of Sylva. Mr. Bryson is an attorney in Bryson City and Is a former so licitor for this district Singing Sunday The Cherokee County Third Sunday Singing will be held at the Second Baptist Church in Murphy, Sunday, February 21 at 2 p.m. All Singers are invited to attend. Farmers Should Know About Fallout Care The following were elected: Loren Davis, chairman. Jack Dickey co-chairman, Mrs. Juanita Weaver, treasurer and Mrs. Sarah Patton. secretary. The Executive Committee is composed of officers and repre sentatives of the civic clubs of Murphy and Western Carolina riding club. The chairman appointed Doyle Burch and Jeff Brooks to head a drive to obtain Tennessee Ernie Ford to be here for the 4th of July, since the Ford Time Maga zine will cover the Wagon Tram caravan this year. He also ap pointed John Smith and Leon Kinsey to get a Shriner Band to lead the parade into town. Women are requested to wear colonial dress and men the usual custom beard, or either have pio neer outfits or cowboy outfits for the riders. Hie Western Carolina Riding club reported they will have at least ten wagons and more than 100 horseback riders in the parad*. An intensive effort U well un der way to give North Carolina farmers and rural residents the "know-how" to protect themselves and their property from effects of radioactive fallout in case of nu clear attack, State Civil Defense Director, Edward F. Griffin de clared today. Spearheading the realistic Ru ral Civil Defense Program is the North Carolina Civil Defense Agency backed by the State Board of Farm Organizations and Agen cies. "We will continue this effort until basic facts about survival measures, as advocated by Execu tive Office of the President, Of fice of Civil and Defense Mobili zation. are available to rural citi zens throughout the State," Grif fin stated. "It is ironic," he added, "that the greatest threat of nuclear weapons to rural residents is the one menace of these weapons from which we cap defend ourselves. "Radioactiv. fallout can cover thousands of square miles far from the actual explosion. Knowl- 1 edge and the right kind of prepa- I ration can cut casualties from 25 j per cent of the population to about , three per cent. Our Rural Civil < Defense Program is intended to : give the facts to rural North Caro- : jlina." Briefing of the program was scheduled on Tuesday (F e b - ruary 16) for the district personnel of N. C. Farm Organizations and Agencies at the morning session of their semi-annual meeting in the auditorium of Scott Hall on State College Campus. Special kits to assist local gov ernment, civil defense and farm leaders in instructing persons liv ing in non-target areas were dis tributed during January- to every county. Additional kits are avail able from the State Civil Defense office. Newspaper, radio, and television stations have received material to use. It is endorsed by the National Associatoion of Tele vision and Radio Farm Directors. Farm organizations and agen Murphy Bulldogs Play Lasl Game In Conference The Murphy High Bulldogs played six games in the final season play of the Smoky Moun tain Conference before going into the tournament. The first games were held over games with Stecoali. In the girls game, Murphy took an early lead, sparked by the scoring om Margaret Cole. The lead was sixteen points at the half, with the score 48 to 32 in favor of Murphy and the final score was a little closer with Murphy still leading by 79 to 66. Margaret Cote led the scoring with 47 points and Linda Jones was next with 14. Frankie Beal got ?, Joan Mortey got 6, Lou Jean Nations got 2, and Linda Smith got 1. Ruth Crisp played but didn't score. Guards were: Phyllis Gillen water, Gay Hatchett, Maxie O'Dell, Virginia Mells, Sue Rose, and Linda Totberow. In the boys game, Murphy scor ed 117 points to Stecoah's 47. This was the first time this year that Murphy has scored over one hundred points. Murphy had no trouble with the smaller team and led SO to 16 at the half and 88 to 29 at the end of the third period. Scoring was led by Emanuel McDonald with 21 points and next were Roy Ashe and Jerry Kep hart who had 18 points each. Long Tom Lanning had 16, Jerry Johnson had 10, Paul Smith had 9, Tommy Arms 8, Charles Lov ingood and Johnny Moore bad 6 each, Fred Taylor 3, and Billy Carringer had 2 points. In the Murphy-Andrews games. Murphy split the two, the girls losing and the boys winning. In the girls game. Murphy took an early lead and led until the middle of the third period. The score at the end of the first per iod was Murphy 20, Andrews 17, and the score at the half was Murphy 41, Andrews 34. In the third period, Murphy had a nine point lead twice, but lost it by a string of errors. The final scare was 74 to 68. Andrews. TWs is the first time in a number of years that Murphy has come so close to beating Miss Hamilton's girls. High scorer for Murhpy was again, of course, Margaret Cole, who shot 48 points. Frankie Beal was next with 14 and Joan Mor tey got 6. High scorer for Andrews was Betty Jean Sberrill with 46 points and next was Terry Slagle with 24. Guards for Murphy were Phyll is Gillenwater. Linda Totberow, Maxine O'Dell. Gay Hatchett, Veterinary Meet To Be Held Today The regular meeting of the Western North Carolina Veterin ary Medical Association will be held. Feb. IS. I860, 7.-00 P. M. at the George Vanderbilt Hotel, Asheville (Dinner Meeting). The program for the meeting will be presented by Or. Harry Brown of Tryoo. Subject: Equine Practice. Veterinarians from your area at tending will be Dr. A. J. Headrick , at Murpfy. I and Linda Smith. The boys game was a runaway, with Murphy leading SO to 16 at the half and winning by a score of 77 to 38. Emanuel McDonald was high scorer with 16 points and Charles Lovingood was next with 15. Jer ry Kephart got 14, Jerry John son and Long Tom Lanning got 10 each, Roy Ashe and Tommy Arms had 4 each and Paul Smith and Fred Taylor got 2 each. John ny Moore played but didn't score. In the Robbinsville game, the Murphy Girls took an early lead and held it until just before the half, when the score was tied. The score at the half was 30 to 30 and the final score was 63 to 60 in favor of Robbinsville. Margaret Cole was high scorer with 37 points and Frankie Bealj was i??\t with 14. Linda Jones and Linda Smith each got 4 and Joau Morley got 1. Guards were Phyllis Gillen water, Linda Totherow and Max ine O'Dell. Tlie Murphy boys beat the Rob insville boys easily and the score at the half was 49 to 23 and the final score was 86 to 57. Charles Lovingood was high scorer with 19 points and Jerry Kephart was second with 15. Bil ly Carringer was third with 14 and Roy Ashe got 13. Other scor ers were: Emanuel McDonald with 12, Fred Taylor with 6, Buck Smith with 3, and Jerry Johnson land Tommy Arms with 2 each. Paul Smith and Johnny Moore each played but didn't score. High School Students Attend Choral Clinic Edward Reynolds, accompanied by Martha Jean Hembree, Betty Cornwell, Wayne Kephart, Ralph Martin and Calvin Boring attend ed the twelfth annual chora) clinic at Mars Hill College. The clinic took place Feb. S and 6. Students from twenty-eight high i schools in Western North Caro-j lina were present. The clinic was under the di rection of Lee Fiser, director of choirs at Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia. Joe Naff was accompanist for the group. During the two day clinic the students participated in seven re hearsals. A banquet was given by the music department. Dr. Blackwell, president of Mars Hill College, welcomed the directors and students. A concert was presented by the Mars Hill College Choir and high school choirs attending the clinic. Lincoln Day Dinner Is Staged Republicans of the Twelfth Congressional District of North Carolina held their annual Lincoln Day Dinner in the City Auditorium of Asheville Thursday, Feb. 11th, with approximately 1,000 attend ing. Cherokee County was rep resented by County Chairman, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Reese, Mr. and Mrs. J. Doyle Burch, Mr. and Mrs. John C. O'Dell, E. E. Stiles, J. C. Townson, Mrs. Calvin Stiles and son, Cal Stiles, and Sheriff Claude Anderson, of Mur phy, Max Ware and Miss Pauline Rice of Culberson, and Kellis Rad ford and Gordon Luther of An drews. :ies supporting Civil Defense iu promoting the program are: N. C. Department of Agriculture, N .C. Farm Bureau, N. C. Federation u f Home Demonstration Clubs, N. C. State Grange, Farmers Home Ad ministration. Agricultural Stabili zation and Conservation, Voca tional Agriculture Education aiid Home Economics Education <of State Department of Public In struction), Rural Electrification Authority, Soil Conservation Ser vice, N. C. Agricultural Experi ment Station and N. C. Agricul tural Extension. Murphy Calendar THURSDAY P.M. Story Hour for Children six nine years old at the Murphy Carnegie Librarv. 6:39 P.M. Episcopal Parrish supper will be held at the Parish House. 7:3# P.M. The Woman's Club will meet in the Power Board Building. Host esses are Mrs. Ben Scott. Mrs. W. A. Singleton, Mrs. Clyde Sneed and Mrs. William Tuttle. FRIDAY 3:30 P.M. ft SAT. 10:00 A.M. Balloon Day will be held for the Heart Drive. Girl Scouts will sell the balloons. MONDAY 6:30 P.M. Rotary Club will meet at Fam ily Restaurant on Andrews Road. 7:45 P.M. The General meeting of the Women of the Presbyterian church will meet at the church. A kitchen shower will be given for the church kitchen at that time. 7:38 P.M. The Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist Church j wiiJ meet at the home of Mrs. T. A. Case. Co-hostess will be ; Mrs. Gertrude Worthen. TUESDAY 6:36 P.M. The Lions Club will meet in the I recreation room ot^the First I Methodist Church. I 7:31 PJW. Hie Lottie Moon Circle of the ! First Baptist Church will meet i at the home of Mrs. J. D. Burch. 7:18 PJW. The Mae Perry Circle of the First Baptist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. W. A. Sher rill. I WEDNESDAY 7:15 P.M. The Royal Ambassadors will > meet at the First Baptist Church in the recreation hall. 7:15 P.M. The prevue of the Sunday School lesson for the month of March will be held in the audi torium of the First Baptist Church. 8:88 P.M. The Hour of Power will be beld at the First Baptist Church. WEDNESDAY 7:88 PJH. The World School of Missions will be held in the Assembly room of the Presbyterian church. In March North Carolina To Have Many Interesting Events March is the month when North i Carolina greets the spring flower and sports season with pageantry, shows, tournaments and eques trian events. Eastern North Caro lina camellia shows are forerun ners of the Statet's largest spring celebration, the North Carolina Azalea Festival at \Vilmingtoo. Golf and riding are prime in the Mid-South winter resorts. FLOWERS Hie Fayetteville Garden Club's 11th annual Camellia Show is March 5-6, followed by the Char lotte lien's Camellia Club Show In North Carolina's largest city and the Albemarle Camellia Show at Elisabeth City, sponsored by the lien's Horticultural Society of Albemarle. The Eastern North Carolina Camellia Club Show It March 19-20 at Rocky Mount. 11m North Carolina Azalea Festival at Wilmington is March Jl-April S. continues through April 1 GOLF Pineburst, famed winter golf capital in the North Carolina Handhills. will be setting for the Snh annual North and South In vitation Golf Championship for Women March 16-21. The Azalea Open PGA Golf Tournament at Wilmington is March 2p-AprU S. The Donald J. Rom Mixed Four Ball G?If Tournament will be played at Pinehunt March 7. BqUnmUAN EVENTS The Try en Hounds' and annul Hunter Trials are scheduled for March 12 at Tryon in the BJue Ridge foothills, and the Tryon Riding and Hunt Club will spon sor the 2nd annual North Caro lina 100-Mile Trail Ride March 29- April 1. Hie 01? eybrpcfc Steeplechase at Southern Pines opens the spring hunt racing sea son March 2t. BOAT 8HOWS With the weather already mild enough to encourage pleasure boating across the aounda and lakes at Eastern North Carolina, the Sportsmen'? Motor Boat ftnd Vacatien Show a t the CaroUnaa is March 14 at Charlotte, followed tthe Mid-Southern w under sponsorship of Piedmont Boat Oak, lem. March 17-* Murphy Merchants Offer Big Savings i^nilliiatfiiMri'ilh^iiniiililii ' - - ? ? .-J . . i "f*" 1
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